From Guatemala, we bring you one of the most exclusive and delicious coffees: Guatemala Finca El Frutal. Efraín Castillo purchased El Frutal, a 10-manzana farm (i.e. 1.7 acres/0.7 hectares), in 2004. The farm is located in Huehuetenango, the famous Guatemalan coffee-producing region, which offers the highest altitudes in...

As promised, here’s the second half of our two-part guide to brewing impeccable pour over coffee, as good as any experienced barista: 1) Adjust Brewing Times as You Adjust Your Grind - Courser coffee grounds take longer to infuse with the water than fine grounds.  If experimenting with different coarseness levels and various different types of coffees, be sure to adjust the brewing time... 

There are two ways of arming yourself with the freshest and most delicious coffee beans at home: 1) You can buy them from a gourmet coffee specialist, who will roast them to order and send them straight to your doorstep; 2) You can buy green coffee beans and roast them yourself with a home coffee roaster, or your oven. For most people, it’s a simple decision - you go with the easy option and...

One way or another, you have to grind your coffee beans before brewing them. There are laborious and time-consuming methods for brewing coffee from whole beans, but few (understandably) choose to do so. If looking to brew the best possible coffee at home, fresh roasted coffee is the way to go. This means sourcing whole bean coffee from an experienced roaster, who can...

Buying fresh roasted coffee (or fresh ground coffee) with the aim of making a barista-quality cup at home is all well and good. As is going for the ultimate fresh coffee by roasting your own raw coffee beans at home, which can be a seriously satisfying experience. But for how long does fresh roasted coffee actually stay fresh, once it has been processed? More importantly, is there anything you...

First things first - there’s absolutely nothing wrong with ordering fresh ground coffee from a reliable coffee roaster. This will always be the best ground coffee available from any retailer, having been roasted and ground to order - right before shipping. Still, many seasoned coffee connoisseurs will (quite rightly) argue that the best ground coffee outright is the coffee you grind yourself. By this...

The secret to brewing the most incredible cup of fresh roasted coffee really isn’t a secret at all. In fact, it’s right there in the name – fresh coffee is all about freshness. When you pick up a bag of fresh roasted coffee beans from a specialist supplier, there’s a good chance they will have been roasted and packaged to order. As a result...